Re: Certification Available +Pronounce

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 02:15:13PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> David,
>
> > I am not aware of any area where the opinions are "mixed" on
> > certifications, except in the sense that incompetent HR people
> > like them and the people who have to work with (or worse yet, deal
> > with the result from) certified incompetents do not.
>
> PostgreSQL (and other OSS software) is being considered for
> government agencies and some companies where written certifications
> are required for consideration.   No matter how you personally feel
> about the validity of certifications, there are large organizations
> which are wedded to them.   PostgreSQL not having certifications
> won't change their minds; it'll just exclude PostgreSQL from
> competition.

Excellent point.  We need to make sure that any PostgreSQL
certification that they use actually means something, as I outlined
above.  That these certifications may be very expensive by their
nature doesn't exclude this from happening :)

Cheers,
D
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